Falklands war hero surgeon honoured after death

A Royal Navy medical officer who saved the lives of hundreds of British and Argentine troops during the Falklands War has died.

Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly, from Cornwall, passedawayattheageof71.

He is the only person to have been decorated by both Britain and Argentina for his service during the conflict.

Capt Jolly was appointed an OBE by the Queen and awarded the Orden de Mayo (Order of May) by Argentina for his service during the war. He saved the life of every British serviceman he treated.

Capt Jolly was the senior medical officer of Plymouth-based 3 Commando Brigade and ran the field hospital at Ajax Bay where about 1,000 troops were treated.

Hehasbeenremembered as an “incredible man”.